The Same and Not the Same: A Close Reading of Primo Levi's "The Periodic Table" — CSL2134.01) (cancelled 5/8/2024
Primo Levi studied chemistry in Italy in the 1930s, where he witnessed the rise of fascism. As a Jew, he learned to navigate the treacherous path of being the Other from childhood, but that was little preparation for what was to come. Sent to Auschwitz in 1944, he survived and went on to become one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His memoir, The Periodic Table,